A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Cast
Kō Mishima
Yokota
Torahiko Hamada
Yamashita
Keiko Kishi
Yoshiko
Toshiko Kobayashi
Yamashita's sister
Kinzō Shin
Kawanishi
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Kimura
Eitarō Ozawa
Hamada
Tomio Aoki
Unknown
Toshirō Hayano
Unknown
Hiroshi Hijikata
Unknown
Yūnosuke Itō
Unknown
Takeshi Katō
Unknown
Ryuji Kita
Unknown
Shinichirō Minami
Unknown
Kōji Mitsui
Unknown
Yūko Mochizuki
Unknown
Tomo'o Nagai
Unknown
Asao Sano
Unknown
Tsuneko Sasaki
Unknown
Toshio Shimamura
Unknown
Isao Suenaga
Unknown
Shozo Suzuki
Unknown
Eiko Takamatsu
Unknown
Norikazu Takeda
Unknown
Hisashi Taki
Unknown
Jun Tanizaki
Unknown
Ryōhei Uchida
Unknown
Jun Yokoyama
Unknown
Unpei Yokoyama
Unknown
Shoichi Kofujita
Unknown
Binnosuke Nagao
Unknown
Shōbun Inoue
Unknown
Tatsuya Nakadai
(Uncredited)
Crew
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Kōbō Abe
Screenplay
Shizuo Oosawa
Editor
Hiroshi Kusuda
Director of Photography
Yûgorô Imai
Assistant Director
Kazui Nihonmatsu
Assistant Director
Masahiro Kosugi
Production Supervisor
Takeshi Ogura
Producer
Hideyoshi Hayashi
Costume Design
Kazuo Ishihara
Sound mixer
Kan Nakamura
Sound Recordist
Hisao Ōno
Sound
Ryozo Toyoshima
Lighting Artist
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Mototsugu Komaki
Set Decoration
Takamasa Kobayashi
Set Designer
Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
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